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noun(brink)
edge; especially : the edge at the top of a steep place
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noun(brink)
a bank especially of a river
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noun(brink)
the point of onset : verge
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noun(brink)
the edge at the top of a steep cliff —usually used figuratively to refer to a point that is very close to the occurrence of something very bad or (less commonly) very good
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idiom(brink)
close to being in a specified state or condition

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